What to do with Broken Hockey Sticks

I think I might have a problem, I just can’t bring myself to throw out my broken hockey sticks. Many people pay over $100 for a stick, so when it breaks half way through the season it might be hard to accept the $100 loss and throw the hockey stick out. In this article I will share a few things that you can do with broken hockey sticks. I also have a video showing you how you can build your own defencemen to use while practicing your stickhandling and dekes.

Stick a Blade in it

If you have a one piece hockey stick and you break the blade, or pretty close to the blade you can continue to use the shaft, this is very easy to do.

Take off the grip from the top of the stick, this is where the blade will go

Buy a blade from the store

Heat the glue up with a heat gun, or over the stove (try not to drop glue on the burner)

Jam that blade in there, tape the spot where your blade USED to be, and you are good to go.

There are a few disadvantages to doing this, the stick might be shorter you are used to (depending where it broke) and also some high-end sticks have a specific technologies. For example many sticks have the kick-point manufactured into the stick, by flipping the stick the kick point will be at the top rather than at the bottom.

Give it to Your Kids, or make a street hockey stick

If the stick broke near the blade, you can flip it and put a blade in it like mentioned above. If the stick is too short after doing this you can keep it for ball hockey or road hockey, or give it to your kids (if you have any)

If the stick broke in the middle of the shaft just cut the jagged part off the shaft, tape a grip on it and give it to your kids to use for road hockey or mini sticks.

Make A Defencemen

This is my favourite option as it will help you improve your skills and you get a free hockey training aid. I did this as a kid and use it quite a bit, I just made another one and thought I would share it with my readers.

Use them in Hockey Drills

This is another good option to use the stick to improve your skills. If you are a coach, or even a player you can use broken sticks to challenge yourself on the ice. In the video below you can see the coach is using some obstacles on the ice to work on cross-cuts, crossovers, lateral movement and acceleration (right at the end). Use broken hockey sticks to perform the same drills!

More Uses Suggested by Readers

Collect a few and make a “tree” out of it. Use the hockey stick tree to hang your gear on for it to dry out after a game

Attach a weight to it and use it to strengthen your wrists

Buy a road hockey blade (they are plastic and slide over the shaft) and use it for road hockey (similar to my suggestion above) A broken hockey stick = a NEW road hockey stick

Use it to hold up tomato plants (for the Italians out there :P)

If you’ve got enough saved up and have some tools try making a night stand

What have you used broken hockey sticks for? Let me know in the comments section below.

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You can recycle the hockey sticks at http://www.hockeygreen.com and get a credit towards a new stick at TotalHockey. I’m in no way affiliated with any of these companies and I’m not getting any money to promote it. I did, however, take advantage of this deal last year where they doubled the credit and got a new one piece for a really good price.

You can use the stick(s) to make a picture frame and use parts (glass, hangers, etc.) off an old picture frame, throw in your favorite team photo or poster, toss it up on your wall and now you have a rad personalized frame.

You can make a simple small table/stool out of your broken sticks by making an X for the legs and then placing a bunch of sticks side by side and holding together with a few sticks across for the flat surface. Broken sticks, screws, a saw and a drill will do the trick!

If you have a black lab puppy, you can play hockey with her too! I try and play keep away with the street ball in the basement. Every once in a while I have to shoot it into the net to let her have it, but she has gotten to the point where she isn’t afraid to take it right off of my stick, it is real good practice, but a dog can be pretty expensive for a toy!

Me and my friend use the shaft of the broken stick to practice saucer passes by placing the shaft in between both of us, it helps you make sure to pass it over the stick. If you hit the stick then you know you didn’t get enough lift on your pass.

hey this is my level in expertice i build things all of the time outta broken hockey sticks i have made sweet hands type training aids, puck rebounders that work even better than some of the products out their that cost a lot of $$$$$$, and yes no joke i was thinking about making a defensemen i love your video its awesome i think ill make a video showing how i make these and everything i build them with is free i will post it on the facebook wall!!!!! thank u so much for this vid!!!

The Junior shooting pad is good, but in my opinion it’s too small. When it comes to shooting pads the more room you have the better so I would recommend the tiles. The tiles are nice because you can order a few to start and if you feel you need more room you can order a few more and expand the size of your shooting / stickhandling area.